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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011). Fact sheet for general public health: River blindness (Onchocerciasis). Retrieved July 19, 2011, from http://www.wellnessproposals.com/health-care/handouts/parasitic-zoonotic-diseases/onchocerciasis-factsheet.pdf

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011). Fact sheet for general public health: River blindness (Onchocerciasis). Retrieved July 19, 2011, from http://www.wellnessproposals.com/health-care/handouts/parasitic-zoonotic-diseases/onchocerciasis-factsheet.pdf

Some 90 million people are at risk of infection based on their areas of residence

About 270,000 people are blind as a result of the infection

About 500,000 people have visual impairment as a result of the infection

Nearly 99% of infected people live in Africa

Second leading infectious cause of blindness in the world

The remainder live in Yemen, and six countries in the Americas

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011). Fact sheet for general public health: River blindness (Onchocerciasis). Retrieved July 19, 2011, from http://www.wellnessproposals.com/health-care/handouts/parasitic-zoonotic-diseases/onchocerciasis-factsheet.pdf

World Health Organization. (2011). Prevention of blindness and visual impairment: Onchocerciasis elimination program for the Americas (OEPA). Retrieved August 8, 2011, from http://www.who.int/blindness/partnerships/onchocerciasis_oepa/en/index.html

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011). Fact sheet for general public health: River blindness (Onchocerciasis). Retrieved July 19, 2011, from http://www.wellnessproposals.com/health-care/handouts/parasitic-zoonotic-diseases/onchocerciasis-factsheet.pdf

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011). Onchocerciasis: Prevention and Control. Retrieved July 19, 2011, from http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/onchocerciasis/prevention.html

World Health Organization. (2011). Prevention of blindness and visual impairment: Onchocerciasis elimination program for the Americas (OEPA). Retrieved August 8, 2011, from http://www.who.int/blindness/partnerships/onchocerciasis_oepa/en/index.html